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how’s that for a busy week? from having watched nuthin via cinema for nearly a year - we went on to see two shows within a space of two days.

first: enchanted @ tgv klcc on 1st day of eid adha

yeah.. we did.. but so did a hundred or so more other muslims.. mostly out with their families - prolly stranded in kl/pj/wherever they are since can’t head back to their hometowns which are inundated by flood waters

anywho.. it was a whim - had convened at nenek’s and yaie’s place in keramat for makan pagi raya.. then just hung out until 11am when the entourage was ready to head for banting to meminang for me cuz. we did not tag along as weren’t invited - it is just bertunang anyways - the real day, we’ll be there!

so - ended up with nuthing else to do - mak was also not around which ruled out heading for pj. amir suggested we go for a movie - i immediately agreed. tried to book via phone but somehow tgv’s phone booking only had up to 18th dec programmed in, d’uh!!

off amir went to purchase tix. two for enchanted and one for national treasure le second.

we reached the cinema just in time for amir to head into his cinema hall - i took kakak and anaqi to the snack counter to get us the requisite popcorn & bottled mineral water.

was a bit anxious that anaqi might be overwhelmed by the loud noise - but my worries were unfounded - he was estatic and just enthralled to see the large screen. kakak loved the storyline, of course, since it was all about princesses.. she’s a princess herself, doncha know?

i surprisingly managed to follow the story altho had a 4-year old and a 11-month old with me. managed to have only 2 bathroom visits - 1 for washing her hands (messy eater she is) and 1 for an aborted attempt at shee-shee-ing.

the only time that anaqi acted up was when he wanted to nurse - i checked out to see whether the coast was clear, then flipped me shirt and proceeded to nurse anaqi - thank god kakak didn’t mention anything, else my cover would be blown.

with another 20 or so minutes left to the show - finally realised that anaqi stopped patting me and was quiet - kakak took a peek and confirmed that adik was asleep!! ho laa! that’s the best. finished off watching the show - after it ended, we headed to chilli’s for a late lunch. anaqi slept halfway thru and woke up to be fed on mashed potatoes!!

second: hello music land @ cineleisure damansara today

this - i had been planning for since last month. heard the advertisement on mix.fm and checked out the programme + any reviews almost immediately.

had initially planned to bring anaqi along but then they had this rule that any child above 0.5 meters in height are supposed to pay for tickets. d’uh? he’s only 11 months? he’s gonna be seated on my lap anyways? so shelved that - amir offered to take care of the lil boy - so am home free.

as per earlier outing - we arrived with minutes to spare. got the necessary refreshments and headed to cinema hall 10 *just realised that for enchanted - we were also in cinema hall 10? albeit in different movie complexes*

immediately noticed that the hall was close to empty - only the first 3 rows of seats had occupants in them consisting of 2 mat salleh families, 1 chinese family and a group of indian kids with their chaperons (most probably from an orphanage or half-way home)

show started off with a lot of music, lights and fanfare - the host of the day - mr quickles did his best in entertaining the kids and getting audience involvement. overall, the show itself was not half-bad - audience participation was a bit lukewarm at the start - but they slowly warmed up and everyone ended up clapping along and *gasp* singing along too..

my proudest moment - when kakak actually volunteered to go onstage for one of the games that the show had. she looked damned adorable - if it were not for the prohibition of having recording devices on in the cinema - i’d had a photo of her on stage.

all in all - the important thing is she had fun tho the outing did set me back by a few hundred - including snax, the soundtrack of the show and dun forget - the butterfly wings i ended up buying at the flea market @ the curve.. muahahah. pix laters.